![]() ![]() Robinson is best known to the current audience for a poorly received run on Justice League. It’s been nearly 10 years since the end of the last _recognizable_ Robinson-penned comics: Leave It To Chance and Hawkman. It’s been 10 years since the comic that Shade spun out of (Starman) ended. ![]() The problems with the sales on the book probably are due to the passage of time. Maybe DC’s got ambitious standards after the New 52 or unrealistic expectations for non-52 launches? Maybe the advance orders on #3 and #4 aren’t great? All I can tell you for sure is that The Shade is a better book than most of the relaunched titles and it’s time for an intervention. Normally, you’re thinking a 30K launch (probably really 33K-36K, adding a bump for UK orders) is decent for a DC launch. 2 of Batman: Odyssey and the second issues of OMAC, Static Shock, Blackhawks and Men of War. ![]() ICV2 estimated the sales for issue #1 at 30,648, which is above the initial orders for Vol. If sales don’t improve it may be cancelled before the 12 issues are done. I’d been meaning to write something about the new Shade maxi-series, but James Robinson made this a higher priority when he tweeted ![]()
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